GREAT BIBLE WORDS
SANCTIFICATION
Part 1
Jude 1, “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:”
Jude 1, “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:”
Introduction:
Sanctification means to separate from profane things and dedicate to God; consecrate things to God; dedicate people to God; to purify; to cleanse externally; to purify internally by the renewing of the soul.
There is no difference in the Old Testament and New Testament languages. Both agree in their translation of the word “sanctify.”
This doctrine is not referring to “sinless perfection.” That is a perversion of the doctrine of sanctification. No where in the Bible is there taught “sinless perfection.” The word “perfect” in no instance refers to sinlessness.
I. SET APART BY THE WORD OF GOD
A. Sanctification is a relationship with God by faith in Jesus Christ, Acts 26:18, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
1. The Apostle Paul tells the church at Corinth that they were set apart in the name of Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 6:11, “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
2. Being set apart they were called to be saints, 1 Corinthians 1:2, “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:”
a. You were set apart by the hearing of the Gospel, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, “Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
b. You were called to be saints, Romans 1:7, “To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
B. Sanctification is by the Word of Truth, John 17:17, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
1. A believer is to be distinct from the world’s sin, its values, and its goals, John 15:3, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
2. A believer has been washed, Ephesians 5:26, “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
3. He is a purged vessel, 2 Timothy 2:21, “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”
C. Sanctification is by the Spirit of God.
1. The agent of sanctification is the Holy Spirit, Romans 15:16, “That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.”
2. We are led by the Spirit to “mortify the deeds of the flesh,” Romans 8:13-14, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14- For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”